Terrorism in the Central African Republic

The risk of terrorist attacks in the Central African Republic over the past years can be classified as high. Compared to other countries, it is still placed somewhere in the middle of a terrorism ranking. Over the past 5 years a total number of 189 terrorist incidents has been recorded, in which 1166 people have been killed and 617 injured.

In 51 incedents a total of 386 people have been kidnapped or taken as hostage, though a ransom was rarely (3 times) extorted.

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Most frequent attack targets in the Central African Republic

(2012 to 2016)

Target	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Private citizens	106	849	422	312
Government	55	106	121	50
Religious institutions	10	156	56	32
Police	8	13	8	9
NGO	8	22	13	6
Business	6	4	6	0
Military	4	5	8	0
Journalists & Media	4	2	2	1
Non-state militias	2	59	34	0
Transportation	1	42	0	0

Most affected regions

(2012 to 2016)

Region	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Bangui	63	201	148	47
Ouaka	25	259	92	22
Ouham	16	79	39	7
Haut-Mbomou	14	5	2	76
Ouham-Pende	10	97	65	0
Ombella-M'Poko	7	72	45	19
Nana-Mambere	7	35	23	3
Haute-Kotto	7	94	78	32
Mbomou	6	6	1	10
Kemo	6	100	18	1
Nana-Grebizi	5	69	73	21
Mambere Kadei	4	79	12	38
Basse-Kotto	3	12	4	1
Bamingui-Bangoran	2	1	3	3
Lobaye	1	6	1	0
Sangha-Mbaere	1	10	12	0

Terrorist organisations in the Central African Republic

Organisation	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Anti-Balaka Militia	54	433	160	47
Seleka	30	349	80	141
Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace	5	3	3	0
Fulani extremists	2	13	0	0
Group of the Fatima Church Attack	1	0	0	2
Muslim extremists	1	1	1	0

All information sourced from the "National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism" (START) and its Global Terrorism Database. An act of terrorism is concidered every incident which is aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal, but not for pure profit motives. In addition these incidents must not be legitimized by warfare activities, listet in the Geneva Conventions of 1949.